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India’s history in a digital avatar: Archive 2.0

July 23, 2024 3:06 pm

Over 250 years of recorded history, 34 crore pages, the constant hum of scanners and printers, and an army working 24x7. Divya A documents the biggest-ever exercise to digitise the country’s records that’s underway at the National Archives

Gandhi, Sardar Patel letters to writer Swami Anand now to be preserved by National Archives of India

March 03, 2023 12:40 pm

Anand was a Gandhian activist who managed Mahatma Gandhi's publications such as Navajivan and Young India and inspired him to write his autobiography, ‘The Story of My Experiments with Truth’.

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No record of 1962, 1971 wars, says National Archives head: How does the NAI function?

December 30, 2022 7:02 am

We look at the National Archives of India, its role and significance, and how it receives documents from various ministries and government departments.

No records of the wars of 1962, 1965 and 1971 in National Archives: By controlling Archives, government controls the narrative

December 26, 2022 7:13 pm

Citizens of any democratic society have the right to understand their past, as well as the right to learn the truths that governments may find uncomfortable.

19th century 'Tarikh-e-Sanchi', other rare archival documents on display in National Archives of India exhibition

October 19, 2022 2:02 pm

Some rare monochrome images of Bhopal's public buildings and places, which were put on display at NAI Bhopal, as part of a recent exhibition that started on October 13 -- 'Mahatma Gandhi and Bhopal', are also part of the display

Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal releases book on Champaran Satyagraha in Ahmedabad

June 21, 2022 4:20 pm

Arjun Ram Meghwal asked the Navjivan Trust and National Archives of India to draw a roadmap for the next 25 years and said that PM Narendra Modi’s initiatives find their roots in those of Mahatma Gandhi.

Government must be transparent about its plans for the National Archives of India

May 21, 2021 9:06 am

With part of the NAI complex slated for demolition in the Central Vista redevelopment project, the fate of national records is a cause for concern

From His Delhi Diary

April 08, 2015 12:00 am

Architect Gordon Sanderson’s sketches of the Capital showcase the British intent of making a visual connect between Mughal reign and their regime.

Capital Letters

February 01, 2014 7:49 pm

How imperial Delhi was conceived, from a reading of the mail.

Govt sends bureaucrats to run headless culture centres

October 03, 2013 1:02 am

Sangeet Natak Akademi has not had a secretary for months.

In run for Vice-President, Radhakrishnan in pole position as numbers tilt in NDA favour

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While the numbers seem to be stacked in favour of the ruling BJP-led NDA in the Vice-Presidential election scheduled for Tuesday, in which the NDA’s candidate C P Radhakrishnan is pitted against the Opposition INDIA alliance’s nominee Justice (retired) P Sudershan Reddy, the decision of the BJD and the BRS to abstain from voting may further boost Radhakrishnan’s prospects.

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